外文翻译研究基于gui测试生成的测试用例.doc

InternationalJournalofSoftwareEngineering&Applications(IJSEA),Vol.3,No.1,January2012
STUDYPAPERONTESTCASEGENERATIONFOR
GUIBASEDTESTING
Isabella1andEmiRetna2
1
PGResearchScholar,SoftwareEngineeringGroup,SchoolofComputerScienceand
Technology,KarunyaUniversity,Coimbatore,India
[e-mail]
2
Head–ComputerTechnologyCentre,KarunyaUniversity,Coimbatore,India
[e-mail]
ABSTRACT
WiththeadventofWWWandoutburstintechnologyandsoftwaredevelopment,testingthesoftware
becameamajorconcern.Duetotheimportanceofthetestingphaseinasoftwaredevelopmentlifecycle,
testinghasbeendividedintographicaluserinterface(GUI)basedtesting,logicaltesting,integration
testing,etc.GUITestinghasbecomeveryimportantasitprovidesmoresophisticatedwaytointeractwith
thesoftware.ThecomplexityoftestingGUIincreasedovertime.Thetestingneedstobeperformedina
waythatitprovideseffectiveness,efficiency,increasedfaultdetectionrateandgoodpathcoverage.To
coverallusecasesandtoprovidetestingforallpossible(success/failure)scenariosthelengthofthetest
sequenceisconsideredimportant.Intentofthispaperistostudysometechniquesusedfortestcase
generationandprocessforvariousGUIbasedsoftwareapplications.
KEYWORDS
GUITesting,Model-BasedTesting,TestCase,AutomatedTesting,EventTesting.
1.INTRODUCTION
GraphicalUserInterface(GUI)isaprograminterfacethattakesadvantageofthecomputer's
graphicscapabilitiestomaketheprogrameasiertouse.GraphicalUserInterface(GUI)provides
useranimmensewaytointeractwiththesoftware[1].Themosteminentandessentialpartsof
thesoftwarethatisbeingusedtodayareGraphicalUserInterfaces(GUIs)[8],[9].Eventhough
GUIsprovidesuseraneasywaytousethesoftware,theymakethedevelopmentprocessofthe
softwaretangled[2].
Graphicaluserinterface(GUI)testingistheprocessoftestingsoftware'sgraphicaluserinterface
tosafeguarditmeetsitswrittenspecificationsandtodetectifapplicationisworkingfunctionally
correct.GUItestinginvolvesperformingsometasksandcomparingtheresultwiththeexpected
output.Thisisperformedusingtestcases.GUITestingcanbeperformed